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New Staff Page UI

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The next time you go to add a new employee to your staff page, you may notice that the Edit Staff Page UI in the CMS has changed:

Edit Staff Page

 

 

 

We have made some improvements to the look and feel, along with improving the overall user experience when adding or editing staff and departments.

Now when you add a new employee, you can designate what department to add them to either by selecting an existing one from the dropdown, or by typing a new department name in the field, which will then create that department:

Add Employee

 

 

 

You can also create a new department in the normal manner:

Add Department

 

 

 

 

When adding either new people or new departments, you have the option to “Add Another”. Activating this switch keeps the creation window open until you have added as many as you need to:

Add Another

 

 

 

 

All your adding, editing, and configuration options can be accessed by clicking on the orange button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen:

Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also included in this fancy new UI are hotkeys – the menu is accessible by clicking the yellow button seen above, or by pressing Alt+K:

Hotkey Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We encourage you to go explore the new UI – please let us know if you have any questions!

Rename Platform Pages

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We have created the ability to rename a platform page, affecting how it shows in the Navigation and dropdowns (as a reminder: a platform page is any page that ends in .aspx).

 

Previously, to customize the name of a platform a “local link” page had to be created and then the platform page was hidden from the site navigation.

 

Now, all you need to do is go into Site Content –> SEO Options.

Enter your custom page name in the “Custom Nav Name” field:

Custom Nav Name field

 

 

Save your changes, and once the cache is cleared, your new page name will show up on the site!:

 

 

 

 

Happy Naming!

Site Selector Dropdown Consolidation

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Just a quick note – we have removed the original site selector from the top right of the CMS. The selector above the dashboard on the left side will remain (released last year, detailed in this post). As you may have noticed, the new selector also appears throughout the CMS now, not just on the main dashboard.

What we removed:

Old site selector

 

 

 

 

What remains:

New Site Selector Dropdown

 

 

 

 

As a reminder, the newer version also allows you to type in any part of the name of the site you are looking for to narrow down your options:

Type to select

 

 

 

 

 

Security and Username Updates

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As part of our ongoing effort to upgrade our systems and improve security, we have made a couple of significant updates that we wanted to share with you!

 

CMS Login Page

You have probably noticed that the Login screen to the CMS looks somewhat different than it used to. This change helps establish the foundation for us to improve security, add options for single-sign-on, and more efficiently integrate the tools we use across our platform to be consistent.

The CMS URL has not changed, but it will redirect to https://account.dealeron.com to log in, and then redirect back to https://cms.dealeron.com. This is similar to how if you go to gmail and are not logged in, it will redirect you to account.google.com briefly in order to sign in.

CMS Login Screen

 

 

 

 

 

Username Updates

If you have been logging in with a username (JoeDealer) instead of an email (joedealer@dealership.com), you will likely have seen a message when you log in to the CMS alerting you to upcoming changes:

CMS Username Alert

 

 

 

 

Since there is no longer a need for a single person to have multiple accounts, there has been an ongoing cleanup effort to remove duplicate usernames and email addresses. In cases where active users have more than one account, or there are multiple usernames tied to the same email address, we have reached out directly to resolve those accounts. At this point we have resolved most of the active duplicate email addresses and are reaching the end of this phase of the project. The last step is to convert all usernames into an email format.

If you are not already using an email address to login, you will need to update your account. You can either do this immediately, or wait until your next 90 day password reset. If you run into any issues while updating, your support team will be able to help you get back in action!

 

Sort by Locked Vehicles in Inventory Manager

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We have added the ability to view your inventory in the inventory manager based on whether the vehicle is locked or unlocked!

 

Just like the other sortable columns in the inventory manager, all you need to do is click on the column name (in this case, “Locked”). The arrow beside it will let you know if it is in ascending or descending order. Your vehicles will be ordered accordingly, making it easier to find what you are looking for!

 

Sort by locked vehicles

 

 

 

 

Date & Time Picker Added to Banners!

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We have added functionality to allow a time to be specified for banner expiration, along with a fancy new date picker. This new functionality will allow you to choose the exact day and time your banners are added and removed from your homepage rotation!

 

Date picker:

Date Picker

 

 

 

 

Time picker:

Time Picker

 

 

 

 

You can access this handy new tool by navigating to Edit Homepage Banners and clicking on the Edit Banner Details button.

 

Happy Bannering!

Page Navigation Re-Ordering Update

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You may have noticed a new button at the top of the Site Content Page:

Re-Order All Button

 

 

 

 

 

The new button will open up the following page, allowing you to drag and drop pages not only within the section they were created under, but to other sections as well!

Re-Ordering Page

 

 

 

 

 

Not only can you change the order of the pages, you can also add or remove section headings (items that show up on the navigation bar of your site) by simply checking or unchecking the box to the left of the page title.

Note: The three dots on the right-hand side change the cursor when hovering over to show that drag and drop functionality exists, but you can click anywhere on a line to drag it around, not just on the dots.

To summarize:

What is changing

  1. The new popup will include all sections and pages, not just one section.
  2. Pages can be moved between sections with the greatest of ease.
  3. Section headings can be designated or removed by clicking the checkbox in the “Section Header” column of the new popup.

 

What is not changing

  1. Drag and Drop functionality will still be present in the re-ordering popup
  2. Initially the old section re-ordering controls will remain active in the CMS until we are sure everything needed is included and working in the new controls. Once we are certain everything is working as it should be, the old controls will be phased out/cleaned up

Mobile Lead Driver Edit Access

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We have opened up access to edit the Mobile Lead Driver! To access yours, have your Support team add the permission for you.

Then, get to the page by going to the Mobile Lead Driver Settings page under Add-Ons in the DealerOn CMS:

Mobile Lead Driver

 

 

 

Once you are there, you will be able to enable or disable the Mobile Lead Driver, in addition to adding, editing, or removing individual offers – including Geofences!

Mobile Lead Driver Settings

 

 

 

 

Happy editing!

Homepage Banner Editor Improvements

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We have made some slight adjustments to the Homepage Banners page in order to improve ease of use. The white “Delete List” button below the Current Banner list has been removed, and a new red “Mark All to Remove” button was added next to the red “Remove Selected” button. See the following screenshot for what this looks like now:

Banner List Editor

 

 

 

 

We feel that these improvements will make everyone’s life a little easier!

 

 

Dealer Search Bar in CMS

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For those of you who maintain multiple websites, we now have a search bar available on the Dashboard of the CMS. It allows you to start typing the name of the dealership you’re searching for, then it will show possible matches . In the example below, using the demo Rothbard Auto Group, I have typed in the letters “bar,” which will then narrow my search to the rooftops with those letters in the name. Read More